Philadelphia Perspective
Phil Goldsmith

Phil Goldsmith has held senior positions in a broad spectrum of fields including law, journalism, business and government. Most recently he was managing director of the City of Philadelphia.

He is now a columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News, writing every other Wednesday and is a principal in GoldsmithKahn Associates, a public issues management consulting firm.



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LOST WARS

If we lose the Iraqi war it won't be our first. Here are some others:

1. The War in Vietnam
2. The War on Poverty
3. The War on Drugs

We also have the War on Cancer, which Richard Nixon declared decades ago. And that fight still goes on. While we have won some battles, we still haven't won that war.

As for the wars on poverty and drugs, we threw in the towel some time ago against those enemies. And every day we see more victims in the streets of our cities.

posted by Phil at 1/11/2007 02:23:00 PM